s we prepare to host Diplomatic Courier's annual Wellbeing Forum in October, we’ve decided to look after the physical and mental wellbeing of our workplace. With an exciting but also frighteningly busy remainder of 2023 just around the corner, Diplomatic Courier’s staff is “Gone Fishing,” which is just our way of saying that we’re taking some time away to recharge and reconnect with family and friends. We hope you have the chance to do the same. We’ll be back to our regular publication schedule right after Labor Day!
Not to worry, we aren’t going anywhere and we aren’t leaving you completely without reading material! There will be a small amount of new content still coming through. It has also become a tradition during our summer and winter breaks (measured by seasons in Washington, D.C., our publication’s home) to bring some attention to articles we’ve published earlier in the year. These are articles which our staff either felt was a particularly excellent read, or an article which was published previously but still (or again!) has particular relevance today. You can find the entire list below, while on social media we’ll be highlighting a few reads from the list.
Geopolitical Competition
- The Middle East Space Race and the Future of Regional Disputes by Elia Preto Martini
- The European Order after the Ukraine War by Ethan Brown and Veera Parko
- Is China Turning its Back on Russia? by Nikola Mikovic
- Path to Peace, Recovery Remains Fragile in Yemen by Benedict Vigers
Governance
- Future-Proofing Democracy: Four Scenarios and a Plan by Andrea Bonime-Blanc
- How NATO Can Reinvent Media Literacy by Thomas Plant
- How Serial Human Rights Abusers are Elected to the Human Rights Council by Colleen Devine
- Making International Summits Work by Ngaire Woods
Education
- Shift Instructional Strategies To Boost Sub-Saharan Human Capital by Soji Akinyele
- Real World Gender Equity Starts with Better Curricula by Rana Raddawi, Annelise Claire, Tomoo Nakayama, and Fariah Ahmad Fahmy
Economy
- How Much Work is Enough? by Anne-Marie Slaughter and Autumn McDonald
- Democracies Must Band Together Against Rising Economic Coercion by Andrew Wilson
Artificial Intelligence
- For Artists and Activists, a Crucial moment in AI and Video Games by Jeremy Fugleberg
- Promise, Potential Pitfalls of AI in Africa by Malcolm Temple
Misc.
- A Vaccine for the Loneliness Epidemic by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
- Can Local Journalism Be Saved? By Jan-Werner Mueller
- The Taliban Cannot Defeat Women by Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif
- Protecting Women’s Voices to Safeguard Resistance Movements by Lisa Gable
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Diplomatic Courier’s “Gone Fishing” Summer Reading List
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August 14, 2023
Diplomatic Courier's staff is hanging up our "mostly out of office" sign for a few weeks to rest and recharge before end of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway). While we're away, here is our "best of" summer reading list to help tide you over until our return—and thanks for reading!
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s we prepare to host Diplomatic Courier's annual Wellbeing Forum in October, we’ve decided to look after the physical and mental wellbeing of our workplace. With an exciting but also frighteningly busy remainder of 2023 just around the corner, Diplomatic Courier’s staff is “Gone Fishing,” which is just our way of saying that we’re taking some time away to recharge and reconnect with family and friends. We hope you have the chance to do the same. We’ll be back to our regular publication schedule right after Labor Day!
Not to worry, we aren’t going anywhere and we aren’t leaving you completely without reading material! There will be a small amount of new content still coming through. It has also become a tradition during our summer and winter breaks (measured by seasons in Washington, D.C., our publication’s home) to bring some attention to articles we’ve published earlier in the year. These are articles which our staff either felt was a particularly excellent read, or an article which was published previously but still (or again!) has particular relevance today. You can find the entire list below, while on social media we’ll be highlighting a few reads from the list.
Geopolitical Competition
- The Middle East Space Race and the Future of Regional Disputes by Elia Preto Martini
- The European Order after the Ukraine War by Ethan Brown and Veera Parko
- Is China Turning its Back on Russia? by Nikola Mikovic
- Path to Peace, Recovery Remains Fragile in Yemen by Benedict Vigers
Governance
- Future-Proofing Democracy: Four Scenarios and a Plan by Andrea Bonime-Blanc
- How NATO Can Reinvent Media Literacy by Thomas Plant
- How Serial Human Rights Abusers are Elected to the Human Rights Council by Colleen Devine
- Making International Summits Work by Ngaire Woods
Education
- Shift Instructional Strategies To Boost Sub-Saharan Human Capital by Soji Akinyele
- Real World Gender Equity Starts with Better Curricula by Rana Raddawi, Annelise Claire, Tomoo Nakayama, and Fariah Ahmad Fahmy
Economy
- How Much Work is Enough? by Anne-Marie Slaughter and Autumn McDonald
- Democracies Must Band Together Against Rising Economic Coercion by Andrew Wilson
Artificial Intelligence
- For Artists and Activists, a Crucial moment in AI and Video Games by Jeremy Fugleberg
- Promise, Potential Pitfalls of AI in Africa by Malcolm Temple
Misc.
- A Vaccine for the Loneliness Epidemic by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
- Can Local Journalism Be Saved? By Jan-Werner Mueller
- The Taliban Cannot Defeat Women by Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif
- Protecting Women’s Voices to Safeguard Resistance Movements by Lisa Gable
